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Political motives behind ‘David versus Goliath’ trial Socialist Action reporters (CWI in Hong Kong) CWI member Sally Tang Mei-ching will appear in court on 1 September in a case brought by the MTR, Hong Kong’s seventh largest corporation by mar...

A short history of the Olympics: Rather than the Olympic movement’s self-professed ideals of ‘internationalism’ and ‘fair play’, the Games are about two at first sight contradictory forces: nationalistic flag-waving and capitalist globalisation Vi...

Chinese methods against Marxists copied by Belgian authorities CWI reporters At this moment there is an international summer school organized by the Active Left Students in Leuven, Belgium. Socialists from all over Europe and from outside Europ...

The only winner from tribunal’s ruling is the arms industry On 12 July the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)* tribunal in The Hague delivered its verdict on the South China Sea, heavily favouring the Philippines which initiated the case. The ve...

Coordinated strikes break new ground for China’ s fledgling workers’ movement Wu Yandong (吴岩冬) and chinaworker.info reporters China has been hit by wildcat strikes at Walmart stores in at least four cities. The strikes are unprecedented and his...

Has China’s economy turned a corner? Analysis by chinaworker.info Has China’s economy turned a corner? Premier Li Keqiang and the Chinese government certainly want us to believe that. The reality however is continuing weak growth despite a ser...

Territorial disputes resemble pieces on a ‘geopolitical chessboard’ as the US and China struggle for hegemony in Asia Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Tensions between the US and China over the South China Sea, which have been rising over the pas...

Tories Out! General election now! Fight for a 24 hour general strike Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary "The referendum result may well go down in history as the pitchfork moment", declared the Financial Times (FT), wailing t...

What are the lessons from the police crackdown in Guangdong’s ‘democracy village’? chinaworker.info reporters Wukan has again become world news. It is almost five years since this village waged an epic struggle against corrupt land deals and de...

Education ministry retreats over increased tuition fees CWI Taiwan Students campaigning against higher tuition fees have won a victory in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. On the evening of 18 June, after weeks of protests in which CWI Taiwan memb...